More next-gen Toyota Corolla previews

These are new scans from Japanese magazines depicting how the new next generation Toyota Corolla sedan (JDM) will look like. It looks pretty much similiar to the previous scans by New Model Magazine X which I posted in mid-July, but these images have much more detail than the plain ones I posted before. It’s not as futuristic as the current Honda Civic, but it does look sportier than the current Toyota Corolla Altis. More details and photos after the jump.

As you should know, there are a few variations of the current Toyota Corolla on the market. Our Corolla is the Corolla Altis, which is similar to the USDM Toyota Corolla. The European market has it’s Corolla hatchback. The current Japanese Toyota Corolla is similiar to the Toyota Corolla offered in Singapore.

The new Corolla will be offered in Japan in sedan form, while a hatchback version will carry a new name. Unconfirmed rumours are that this new name will be the Toyota Blade. Toyota has announced recently that it’s next generation Corolla hatchback for the UK market will undergo a name change, so this might be the name that will be used for the European market as well.

While the JDM Corolla maintains it’s current size, the JDM hatchback version will move up a class in terms of size, as with the sedan and hatchback versions of the Corolla everywhere else. The bigger Corolla will be based on a new platform. The JDM Corolla has to be smaller to qualify for Japan’s mass-market class.

Other than sedan and hatchback forms, apparently the new Corolla will be offered in wagon form too, as you can see from the remaining two scans below. Expected unveilin date for the new JDM Toyota Corolla sedan is October this year.

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I think this is the JDM model. Previously, Paul blog abt Toyota thinking of droping the Corolla name in Europe due to a departure from the Corrolla idea for the next gen but looking at this pic its more a facelift than an entire new model. The exterior profile looks almost the same as the current Altis and the interior, except for the air-con vent its almost like Altis too.

toyotas r like that la…the altis specially have always looked boring inside n out…the interior is almost the same as the curent one..except for the sat navigation which ofcourse wil not be offered here..

what a boring looking car ….. but i'm sure it will sell well as usual becos of the toyota badge. if you look at the malaysian toyotas on sale none of the model excite – even the new camry looks boring.

kinda lame and 'old man' looking car… not quite suitable for youngsters i think… btw, are all the executives, designers from TOYOTA aged more than 70 oredi? TOYOTA seems to be losing spirit from HONDA… btw, i think the civic is the best designed car so far…

hahaha, everyone bash at this toyota design.. this show that we malaysian not only bash proton just becos it is proton but bcos that's wut we, the general public have in mind. so if it's bad design, it is bad… if it is good, is good. so pls stop those 'beauty from the eyes of the beholder' s horse shit.

Given the financial capacity, I will buy it over Civic if I can afford it because this Toyota Corrola design is more "conservative" with Harrier's and Lexus's DNA. Don't under estimate the design apart from their high quality and low maintenance cost for engine, unlike P1 relatively low quality but high maintenance car.

Given the new look which is unfornuately already like that – don't pin too much hope on the New Altis 'cos a complete architecture redesign will prove too costly and too late for the undisputed King of obnoxiously bland cars. Shame!

(Obnoxious is defined as unpleasant, offensive and rude. Rude is because the obnoxious King thinks we are all morons who will fall in love by default with a car called Corolla regardless)

the design is a bit like the new camry. and it would benefit if the headlights looked alot sharper like the camry sportivo one. and also get rid of the nose type badge in the front engine air intake. use a more conventional one like the IS250.

not much change from the current corolla except for some minor cosmetic tweaks. toyota now so big (going to surpass gm soon) that it is afraid of taking risks. we have to look to honda for inspiration in the future. new civic was a radical change from the past. sooo disappointed as i was looking forward to corolla going back to its levin/trueno roots :(

This Corolla's design is very mature, not trying to be sporty cos its not, these 1.8-2.0 cars are the primary target for family man, hence it looked very family like. Good, mature design. Albeit boring.

It look like Korean? not in a million years. Look at previous (Benz+Jaguar) Sonata, Elantra, Accent and Kia Optima…. these are the UGLIEST cars money can WASTE nowadays…. no where Korean design is good. oh… except SsangYong thou….. (bar SsangYong Chairman and the new Rexton…….. ok…. the SsangYong Yacht-like-MPV is also yuckie….)

Hmmm… new corolla… its a family car… not young family… older families.. Toyota always aim for middle age markets as the market is bigger n hv more potential on buying cars… n youngsters can't afford cars like tat unless their family buy it for them… even though a 30 yr old maybe cant afford such cars nowadays… for middle age family man… they won't go look at Civic's type of design.. that's for younger generations.. they look for designs like this corolla which looks more mature like some of u said… they won't care about the sporty design. they just care about the quality of the car and after sales services thats all. thats a piece of my opinion though.

everywhere else in the world the corolla is geared towards young working adults. the progression is like this: college students – yaris, vios, young adults – corolla, family man – camry, professionals – avalon or lexus. but m'sian nap artificially screwed the equation up.

hikaru: they sell vios in the us? i thought vios only for se asia + china?

Hideous… they should have mass-produced the Will VS and used it to replace the Corolla. The Will first made its appearance in 2001 and design-wise, is still light ages ahead of this sad-looking Toyota lemon. If only they would revive the Will, or at least bring us the Caldina… that's another aggressive looking beast that'll scare the b'jesus out of this lame-duck offering

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